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单词 scrappy
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Definition of scrappy in English:

scrappy

adjectivescrappiest, scrappier ˈskrapiˈskræpi
  • 1Consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts.

    scrappy lecture notes piled up unread
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite Ruth's goal, however, play continued to be scrappy with few scoring chances created at either end.
    • Samples and drum loops provide the beat while scrappy guitars and synths get the crowd jumping to the feminist/pro-gay lyrics.
    • The result was a rather scrappy, disjointed affair, where space in midfield was at a premium.
    • This is a lean, scrappy, pit-bull of an album.
    • The appealing fragments are short and scrappy, the unappealing prose verbose and sometimes impenetrable.
    • The scrappy and disjointed play continued after the restart as the Reivers pack began to exert more and more pressure, and began to control events.
    • This was a scrappy game with countless basic mistakes.
    • While it may have been a scrappy game, this performance was not riddled with the disappointment of the display at Fratton Park.
    • Speeches and letters survive entire, though the other fragments are scrappy.
    • Kilmarnock fared little better as the match descended into a scrappy affair of bad passing, close marking and bloodthirsty challenges.
    • The material is subject to some wildly scrappy editing, with incidental characters brought in and summarily dropped.
    • It was scrappy and messy but ultimately triumphant as York City Knights progressed to the last 16 of the Challenge Cup.
    • The fold is off-centre giving it a scrappy, unfinished look at odds with the design's refinement.
    • What she knew about China then was limited to the Great Wall and some scrappy information learned from school textbooks.
    • Certainly, the first 45 minutes were scrappy, untidy and bereft of anything resembling skilful football.
    • A pair has made a scrappy, twiggy nest around six metres from the ground in one of Williams' pine trees.
    • However, there was nothing scrappy about the wonderfully executed goal that finally broke the deadlock at a critical juncture.
    • The general impression was of a scrappy and superficial campaign, facing a coherent and single-minded Government.
    • Still in control their concentration wavered to the point that the game became scrappy and disjointed.
    • But the trouble is that referees don't like his style - he is scrappy and sometimes untidy, and is not a puncher.
    Synonyms
    disorganized, untidy, disjointed, unsystematic, thrown together, uneven, bitty, sketchy, superficial, perfunctory, slipshod, inadequate, imperfect, incoherent, piecemeal
    fragmentary, incomplete, unfinished, unpolished, deficient, defective
  • 2North American informal Determined, argumentative, or pugnacious.

    he had a scrappy New York temperament
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They like scrappy players and are willing to put up with temperament that goes along with it.
    • The press remains scrappy and defiant, but its skepticism about lawyers has been embraced by the mainstream.
    • Jimmy sees himself as a feisty, scrappy, still up for it, 75-year-old bastard.
    Synonyms
    argumentative, disputatious, disputative, contentious, confrontational, captious, factious, cavilling, pugnacious, combative, ready for a fight, defiant, hostile, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, militant, warring, fighting, battling

Derivatives

  • scrappily

  • adverb ˈskrapɪliˈskræpəli
    • I talked a lot in class and, if my homework wasn't late, it was scrappily done.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They managed to publish some of their work - scrappily - but much was lost due to their haste and quarrels with Cook.
      • The game started off scrappily and never really recovered.
      • The second half opened scrappily, but Kilmarnock still looked the more threatening.
      • She moved on to Tiffany's office and found nothing in the scrappily organised drawers and shelves.
  • scrappiness

  • noun
    • There's a scrappiness to the place that refined tastes might find disagreeable.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An air of scrappiness hangs over the book; non-stop references to TV will make the book look so dated in five years.
      • Their opening goal typified the game in its scrappiness, before it sparked into life after the leveller.
      • They played with control and flair in the first half, while the second half was imbued with indiscipline and scrappiness.
      • If there had been collective culpability for that scrappiness, there were glints of individual excellence to raise the curtain on the second half.

Rhymes

crappie, flappy, gappy, happi, happy, nappy, pappy, sappy, slap-happy, snappy, strappy, tapis, yappy, zappy
 
 

Definition of scrappy in US English:

scrappy

adjectiveˈskrapēˈskræpi
  • 1Consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts.

    scrappy lecture notes piled up unread
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was scrappy and messy but ultimately triumphant as York City Knights progressed to the last 16 of the Challenge Cup.
    • But the trouble is that referees don't like his style - he is scrappy and sometimes untidy, and is not a puncher.
    • Samples and drum loops provide the beat while scrappy guitars and synths get the crowd jumping to the feminist/pro-gay lyrics.
    • Still in control their concentration wavered to the point that the game became scrappy and disjointed.
    • A pair has made a scrappy, twiggy nest around six metres from the ground in one of Williams' pine trees.
    • This is a lean, scrappy, pit-bull of an album.
    • What she knew about China then was limited to the Great Wall and some scrappy information learned from school textbooks.
    • The fold is off-centre giving it a scrappy, unfinished look at odds with the design's refinement.
    • Certainly, the first 45 minutes were scrappy, untidy and bereft of anything resembling skilful football.
    • Kilmarnock fared little better as the match descended into a scrappy affair of bad passing, close marking and bloodthirsty challenges.
    • Despite Ruth's goal, however, play continued to be scrappy with few scoring chances created at either end.
    • The scrappy and disjointed play continued after the restart as the Reivers pack began to exert more and more pressure, and began to control events.
    • While it may have been a scrappy game, this performance was not riddled with the disappointment of the display at Fratton Park.
    • The result was a rather scrappy, disjointed affair, where space in midfield was at a premium.
    • The appealing fragments are short and scrappy, the unappealing prose verbose and sometimes impenetrable.
    • This was a scrappy game with countless basic mistakes.
    • The general impression was of a scrappy and superficial campaign, facing a coherent and single-minded Government.
    • Speeches and letters survive entire, though the other fragments are scrappy.
    • The material is subject to some wildly scrappy editing, with incidental characters brought in and summarily dropped.
    • However, there was nothing scrappy about the wonderfully executed goal that finally broke the deadlock at a critical juncture.
    Synonyms
    disorganized, untidy, disjointed, unsystematic, thrown together, uneven, bitty, sketchy, superficial, perfunctory, slipshod, inadequate, imperfect, incoherent, piecemeal
  • 2North American informal Determined, argumentative, or pugnacious.

    he played the part of a scrappy detective
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They like scrappy players and are willing to put up with temperament that goes along with it.
    • Jimmy sees himself as a feisty, scrappy, still up for it, 75-year-old bastard.
    • The press remains scrappy and defiant, but its skepticism about lawyers has been embraced by the mainstream.
    Synonyms
    argumentative, disputatious, disputative, contentious, confrontational, captious, factious, cavilling, pugnacious, combative, ready for a fight, defiant, hostile, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, militant, warring, fighting, battling
 
 
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